I’m Going to Destroy this Country

About 50 years ago, the continent was in chaos.

Why?

Because the Holy Empire had captured a 9th rank demon!

What kind of beings are 9th rank demons? They are the ones famous as True Demons.

The True Demons are purebloods that have existed since the beginning of time. Even cardinals would definitely die if they properly confronted one, and they must be prepared to lose at least one body part just from a light graze.

If that’s about a cardinal, how about others?

Just by stepping into a True Demon’s domain, you would definitely die even dozens of kilometers away.

And the power of the Skeleton King who suppressed such True Demons – it’s inexpressible in words, but well… There’s no way to put it into words.

Anyway, there are 14 9th rank demons, direct subordinates of the Skeleton King. And one of them was captured.

It was a demon who had ventured out alone to retrieve the Skeleton King’s body that the Holy Empire had obtained.

With the appearance of the 9th rank demon, the Holy Empire was in an uproar.

All the Cardinals came out, and even the Pope rarely showed himself, that says it all.

Anyway, when one of the fourteen demons appeared, it was said that all the priests were almost annihilated, but in the end the Pope who suppressed the demon said this:

-Stop. If you move any further, I will destroy the Skeleton King’s body. However, if you follow my word, I will let you keep your master’s body. But you must put on these shackles with your own hands.

Well… the demon became a dog for the clergy to protect its master’s body… Anyway, it was the capture of a 9th rank demon.

For the human faction, it was a miracle… tsk, whatever. It must have been a miracle.

But I think their way of thinking is more miraculous.

“Hey you bastards! Is this what you call a visitation?!”

Isaac, who encountered the Sixth Demon, was enraged.

Yes, it’s good that these dirty bastards showed him the demon, but damn.

“Why is it so far away!!! Even a bean sprout head would be bigger than that thing!!”

Isaac pointed at the tower that looked like a tiny dot.

The Papacy’s prison was similar to a modern prison, with block-like rising towers, and it was in the tallest of those towers.

And something could be seen through the tower’s window, but…

“Is that the demon or a mole on your ass? Huh? You blind bastards!”

Enraged at the state of the place they brought him for a ‘visitation’, Isaac looked about to breathe fire.

However, the Red priests had faces that showed they were fed up.

“You should be grateful that we’re showing it to you from here.”

What? Grateful? Grateful?!

Did these bastards just tell me to get on my knees and bow my head in thanks? Huh??

[They didn’t go that far though.]

Anyway, these rude bastards have no manners, no manners at all!

Do they even think about why he came to this place in the first place? It was all to give something to his subordinate!

‘Well, but I have to be careful not to get caught.’

But this isn’t even a matter of getting caught or not. He can’t give it to his subordinate in the first place!!!

Eventually, the enraged Isaac took something out from his pocket.

Ah, you bastards. I was trying to stay quiet but you keep making me use my authority.

“Hey. Who’s going to say that after seeing this?”

What Isaac swiftly pulled out was none other than a red metal badge of the Red Cardinal.

Seeing the Red family’s emblem ≪Hunt Hurt Rose≫ on the badge, the Red priests gritted their teeth.

However, Isaac grinned maliciously as if enjoying their expressions.

“This badge is equivalent to having the Cardinal himself present, right? And what the Cardinal guy said? That if I have this badge, you have to listen to all my demands?”

This brat dared to call His Excellency a ‘guy’…!

“Oh, since the Cardinal said so, you should kneel down!”

Ugh!

In the end, the Red priests took a step back.

“Then let us search your body.”

…Huh, what?

“The fourteen demons are extremely important demons. We don’t know what tricks you might have up your sleeve, whether for an assault or a crime, so we’ll have to do a thorough body search before letting you see it.”

Isaac’s eyebrows twitched.

Damn bastards, you can’t search my body!

I brought tools to weaken the shackles my subordinate is wearing! The things I’m going to pass over are tools for breaking out too!

Well, he hid them for now, but a formal questioning and a thorough search are different levels.

And more than anything, if they’re found out now, the ‘Baby Skelly’ is done for!!!

Sure enough, the little skeleton clinging to Isaac’s back was trembling violently.

It was hard to see under the cloak, but Isaac could feel its trembling against his skin.

It seemed to know that even the lowest ranked demonic being would be annihilated if discovered by the priests.

‘Like I’d let them annihilate Baby Skelly!’

Sure enough, Isaac snorted derisively.

“What if I refuse?”

The Red priests curled their lips as if they caught him.

“You’ll have to comply. And by the way, you don’t have the right to refuse.”

What, you bastards?

“To be honest, we suspect you. ‘Why do you specifically want to meet the demon?'”

“!”

“And there were witness accounts too. When you came to the academy as a baby, an escaped demon appeared in the cafeteria right in front of you.”

“And at the recent Pentagon of the Empire, the skeletons only swarmed towards you.”

The eyes of the Red priests, who were all inquisitors, shone blood-red.

“Could it be that you’re summoning demons?”

“Whether you’ve fallen or the demons are being used, for the security of the Empire we need to check if you’re in league with them.”

The Red priests were trying to find traitors and collaborators with the Skeleton King.

More than anything, weren’t they ordered from above?

-Find out why Isaac Eshua wants to meet the Sixth Demon.

-What? Can we lay hands on a Saint candidate?

-He’s just some kid chosen by an insignificant god anyway.

“And by the way, if you refuse, we won’t let it go. For example…”

The Red priests snapped their fingers.

At that moment, Isaac thought his eardrums would burst.

Bang!!

There was an explosion right next to the prison. It was a powerful enough blast to blow up the wall. The demon inside was of course killed by the explosion.

“It will be like this.”

The skeleton clinging to Isaac must have felt the death of its brethren keenly. The evidence was how its trembling intensified even more. It might even have been crying.

It was only natural for Isaac’s eyes to turn vicious.

‘These bastards! Trying to search us and scaring the kid??’

Can’t you see it shaking in fear?! Huh? Can’t you see?!

Now that I think about it, these Red family bastards are complete punks! You dogs, I never went this far with threats back then either!!

[That’s because your face was enough of a threat tool.]

Shut up!

Isaac’s eyes rolled back.

Dammit, these priests bastards!

Soon, the overbearing Red priests approached and reached out their hands. But at that moment.

‘!’

At the chill flashing in Isaac’s eyes, the Red priests flinched instinctively.

“Hey.”

“…!”

The Red priests froze at that cold voice.

“If you lay a hand on me, you’re dead.”

“…!”

The priests unwittingly obeyed Isaac’s command.

The proof was that they instinctively retracted their hands and… bowed their heads?!

The Red priests could only doubt their own minds.

Could it be… that we’re being pressured by this guy’s gaze and aura right now? Us, experts of interrogation, cowering before this brat?

However, the abyssal gaze that appeared for a moment felt like the depths of terror to anyone, a primal instinct of fear that any human would naturally feel…

Primal instinct?!

‘Crazy, what is this!’

The Red priests’ pupils shook,  but Isaac continued to tease them as if what just happened was a lie.

“Do you understand? If you lay a hand on me, it’ll be immediately recognized as a fight with Eshua.”

What, Eshua??

‘This little kid.’

The Red priests hesitated and approached, but…

“Uh? Hey, hey? Don’t come any closer. What are you trying to do to a kid’s body? Want to bite your tongue off and die right here?!”

What, what’s going on?!

“Now, just wait a moment, young master. If you say something that could be misunderstood like that…”

“You know? I’m warning you, I’m warning you! This is the Red’s domain, right? Do you know what will happen if I, a direct descendant of Eshua, misbehave here? You’ll all die! What?! You’ll have your necks cut off!”

At that, the flustered Red priests caused an earthquake with dilated pupils.

It’s not an incorrect statement. If Isaac were to die here, the Blue House would take it as a declaration of war… Oh my?!

“If you mess with me, my grandfather…probably won’t help honestly. But do you think my uncle will just sit still?! He’s my right-hand man! Don’t you know Lilai Eshua!”

“…”

They know him all too well!

The silver killer whale that other countries fear. The problem is they know him too well, damn it!

Above all else, they know full well that whenever they meet him, he shoves his nephew’s portrait in their faces and brags about his nephew for hours on end… that bragger is nephew’s fool!

-You know? Today is the anniversary of our Isaac’s first golden poop!

“…”

The Red priests, who were peers of Lilai, turned around in silence. If Isaac tried to commit suicide here, that bragger might chase them all the way to hell.

In the end, those who gritted their teeth and decided to wait and see took Isaac towards the central tower.

The chilling sight seemed like it would last quite a while, but unexpectedly they reached their destination quickly.

Even in a place that looked smaller than a bean sprout head, magical power could be felt. The further the Red priest went, the heavier the magical pressure felt, weighing down their blood vessels through their skin.

“Ughh, this is no joke already.”

Even the approaching Red priests frowned and struggled a bit.

For those who had interrogated all sorts of infamous prisoners and high-ranking demons, they could roughly sense how formidable the demon ahead was.

“…And this is just the level when we sealed it.”

“If the Skeleton King’s subordinate is this strong, how powerful is the Skeleton King himself…?”

“Shh.”

As the Red priests struggled to approach, the corners of Isaac’s mouth curved up in a smirk.

How much further did they walk?

“If you open this door, it’s the cell of the Sixth Demon right away.”

“!”

A thick iron gate the size of a castle appeared before Isaac. At a glance, it was surrounded by all sorts of sacred objects and high-level holy spells carved dozens of times over.

Well, no matter how complex it was, Isaac could solve it in a few seconds.

In any case, they could tell how powerful the imprisoned demon was. As evidence, the Red priests trying to open the door took a rare deep breath.

“You understand, right? We warned you clearly. You might die of heart failure from the magical power.”

“Shut up and just open it.”

They swallowed their saliva and undid the seal.

Clunk, rattle, rattle.

As dozens of seals were released one by one, the heavy door began to open.

As magical power poured out from the opening that made it impossible to even breathe, the Red priests bit their lips tightly.

‘Ughhh.’

But as soon as the door opened, a strange thing happened.

Teureng!!!

“!!!”

“Uwak!”

No sooner had they opened the door than a massive magical power gushed out. A rough roar like a beast howling, and a crazed killing intent threatened Isaac and the priests.

Kkong! Kkung!

The oppressive pressure made it impossible for the priests to catch their breath.

Though it was hard to see clearly through the thick magical power, amidst the black aura stood a humanoid demon.

At a glance, he looked like a person in a butler’s uniform. In the area where the head should be, hundreds of faces flashed by like shadow projections, and the torso thrashed about violently, bound so that not a single arm could come out.

Bound in chains, he roared roughly and tried to break out of the prison. He seemed ready to smash through the iron bars and immediately charge at the priests to kill them.

It was an aggressive reaction the priests had never seen before. They couldn’t help but be flustered.

“Wh-why is that thing acting like that?”

“It was always so docile before…!!”

To be precise, while his inner nature might be ferocious, he was a demon that belonged more to the very calm side.

“But why did it suddenly go berserk…?!”

Could it be because of Isaac?

As they struggled with the magical power, they realized.

Now that they thought about it, Isaac was of the bloodline that the Skeleton King tried to kill. Was the Skeleton King’s subordinate trying to kill Isaac?

But in reality, it was different.

[He seems to think that the Master was captured by the priests.]

Right, that must be it.

The subordinate recognized him right away. Well, there’s no way he wouldn’t. Even if it’s another body, he personally carved up his face 10 years ago.

And thinking the priests had dared capture the King, he was excited to kill those who captured his Master.

Well, thanks to that, it’s the priests who will die.

Kwang!!!

“Kuak!”

“…Holy crazy! It’s sealed all the way to the bottom, but what kind of power is this!!!”

They couldn’t even stand against the force of the pressure.

Soon they saw Isaac, who was trembling.

“There!! Now that you’ve seen it directly, you must understand, right? You can’t even think about executing the Sixth Demon…”

However, they could only be dumbfounded when they saw Isaac.

And for good reason…

‘Smiling?’

‘You’re smiling right now??’

He was enjoying the magical power like a cool breeze from a fan.

But that wasn’t all.

Was he daring to openly release his power in front of someone? A dazzling light of holy power swatted away the magical energy like returning fire.

Teung!

Isaac was grinning with his signature crescent eyes that only came out when he was in a good mood.

‘I thought your skills had deteriorated since you got captured by some mere priests.’

Looks like you’re still alive, my subordinate?